Just looking for some cycle buddies for June July 2014 cycle. I am on ocp (the pill) at the moment as part of long cycle ICSI. I'm with CFC. This is my second ivf, I'm starting my down reg 31st May and have my down reg scan on 10th June.

Pinto I am soooo thrilled for u. A massive congratulations. I wish you every success in this pregnancy. It must b such a fantastic feeling seeing the positive hpt!! I am patiently waiting until Sun to test which will b 11dp5dt. My otd is Tues. I am trying to stay really positive. No other cramps since the first night but still hopeful that was implantation.

Thanks for your reply Snowy. I did a clearblue digital hpt on monday, 7dp6dt and got 'pregnant 1-2'!!! Am shocked, thrilled but terrified too after miscarriage in March. Official testing date is this Saturday. I really thought i was out because of those rumbling cramps. Best of luck to you if you have managed to hold out until now without testing. Best of luck to everyone still waiting..

babsforus I am very sorry to hear your cycle has been cancelled. What an extremley frustrating journey this is. You must be so disappointed. Take care of yourself and I hope everyting works out for you on your next cycle.x

Pinto I'm sorry I have no advise for you as I have only ever been on a fresh cycle but no matter who I hear from who has been on this journey, cramps seem to be perfectly normal for people who have a positive outcome so I really wouldn't worry too much and think positive! I'm currently 5dp5dt and had almighty cramps on the night of 1dp5dt that woke me up. I do remember that happening on one of my previous cycles and I am hoping it was implantation happening but I got a bfn that time so who knows!!! When are you planning to test?

Well ladies my FET cycle has been cancelled due to poor response. Really disappointed and sick of this journey. It's so unfair why it's so hard for some people. Best of luck to everyone on here with your cycle I hope ye get BFPs x baby dust to all x

Just wondering if you could advise. I'm 6dp6dt and just wondered if it is normal to feel cramps or is this the inevitable AF? Have had two previous fresh cycles resulting in ds and the second ended in miscarriage at 7 weeks. Had cramps on both but expected this as ovaries had been stimulated which they haven't been this time as it was a FET. Can you experience cramps also on FET? Had been feeling optimistic too as feeling nauseous as I also did very early both times previously but now am wondering if Fematab and Lutinus which I am on, could be causing this instead???

Well ladies I am officially PUPO. I had 2 day 5 blasts transfered this am. There is one more that they are going to let go to D6 to see if its worth freezing but either way I am just thrilled to have 2 D5s.This has been my best cycle so far so fc. Thanks for all the support in getting me this far!

Pinto, a day 6 blast is fantastic! It must be a great feeling to be pupo and now the waiting begins!! FC for a positive outcome!

Marni, I have 4 embies which made positive progress throughout and then 3 that skipped a few stages. There is a small chance that the 3 can form perfect blasts and might result in rpegnancy but chances are very low. They will know tomorrow. This is the best result I have had so far so still crossing verything that some make it to tomorrow.I didn't use the care maps just the embryoscope. I will pm you re the Beacon but i think its similar to EEVA.

Snowy, Great news on the embie and OHSS front. So how many embies do you have today? It so great that your learning from this cycle, nothing worse than the same result over and over and learning nothing.

I went to the open evening in the Beacon and was very interested in the embryo scope and Caremapping. So are you just using the embryoscope only and not the caremapping? Do you think the embryoscope is the same as EEVA?

Hi Snowy, i agree with you about the embryoscope, it seems to give much better info on the embryos leading to a better chance of success. Also, the clinic i'm with havent increased their ivf charge when using the embryoscope which is brilliant. I had one day 6 blast fet transfer yesterday so im officially on the tww now. petrified and so excited too, hard to think of anything else...

Hi ladies, it's all gone very quiet on this thread, I just want to check in and see where everyone is at?? I am hoping to have transfer tomorrow on D5 and all seems to be going well in the lab. I was checked yesterday and thankfully don't have OHSS so got the go ahead. Now it's fc that my little embies make it to blast tomorrow. I have to say that one of the main differences in this clinic compared to my last one is that the lab have the embies in an embryo scope rather than a standard incubator and we are learning so much more about the development of the embies. I know only some of the clinics have this facility and it is usually an extra cost but for those going again for ivf I would highly recommend it. For example, 3 of my embies look perfect today yet they know they skipped a few stages in cell development so they would be unlikely to result in a pregnancy, this wouldn't have been picked up in a normal incubator. This may not be relevant for people with good eggs and embies to start with but for me it has been very telling. I learn something new every cycle!

Hi hopeitsok, thanks so much for the reply. Makes me feel a bit better knowing it can actually happen and they just might have grown to where there suppose to be over the weekend.Yes I have another scan and bloods tomorrow my bloods has been excellent so they can't understand why the follies aren't growing as fast, but I'm sure your right and slower is better! Fx all will be well tomorrow :-)

Hi Izz14. Yes this happened to me too this cycle. I had plenty of follies but all very small and were very slow to respond. Like you, they upped my meds a few times. I was stimming for 13 days, an extra few days to help them grow and they really did take a spurt of growth the last couple of days. In the end I had 20 follies, 8 of which were 14 or over, I only got 4 eggs from them but they all fertilized thankfully. I know its very worrying, I was a nervous wreck that the cycle would be cancelled, but try to relax as much as possible. My acupuncturist said sometimes it's better to grow slowly and for a bit longer as the egg quality can be more mature, rather than the eggs being immature as they grew too quick. Keep drinking loads of water and eating loads of protein. I had been using the hot water bottle after injections every evening but stopped the last two nights, I don't know if it was a coincidence but that's when the greatest growth was. Wishing you all the best for this cycle and hopefully they grow - is your next scan tomorrow?

I'm currently on my first icsi cycle stims day 8. Yesterday's scan wasn't looking too good follicles not growing as fast as the should I only had 1 12mm some 11mm and the rest less than 10mm, they have upped my meds so hopefully they are busy growing over the weekend. If not the cycle will be cancelled on Monday :-(!

Has this happened to any of ye that the grew slowly and they were still ok??

Mags thats good news that you can start again so soon. It is extremely frustrating when u see different doctors all the time. Dont b afraid to request your phone consult with the particular consultant you want. I would also be insisting they change up your meds this cycle to get a different outcome. The very best of luck

I didn't get much clarity today except they told me to book a phone consult. I asked them today what could be done differently but they didn't really have an answer for me. Lately, everytime I go to the clinic I am seen by a different doctor or nurse who doesn't seem to know by past history, which is getting frustrating. One thing I do know is that I can start again in two weeks when AF arrives.

Oh cloud, I'm absolutely devastated for you and your poor dh, snowy is right nothing we can say will make you feel any better, just know that we are thinking about you and wishing you every luck in the future you really deserve it. Wrap yourself in cotton wool this weekend and take care of each other. I truly am so sad for you, I know that feeling all to well. Xxx

Cloud I am so very sorry for your devastating result. Words are no comfort at this time. I understand the feeling of loss of what could have been. I wish you and your DH the strength to cope with this result and wish you all the best in the future x

Oh cloud I am so so sorry. No one could understand the loss you feel after a failed cycle. I felt as if someone had died. It's devastating. My heart goes out to you and your dh. I wish you best of look in the future and that your dreams will come through x

Hi Ladies. The very best of luck and love to you all on this precious journey. Women deserve a lot more respect for going through the things that they do. Be strong an follow your dreams. We tested this morning, BFN does not seem the slightest bit appropriate to describe the devastation we feel as we got a negative result this morning. For us this chapter is over. I really hope your dreams come true. And I'm so delighted for those of you that are getting bfp cos I know how precious they are. Love to all. Xxxxx

Snowy that's a great number, fingers crossed they are busy in the looooovvve lab!! Plenty of protein, I got whey protein in health food shop add it to smoothies or fruit juices. Chickpeas, lentils, sushi ( if you can get your hands on it) salmon and chicken and if you can 3-4 l of water a day,I was ohss and my ovaries are back down to size already. Rest up for weekend. ;)

Hi ladies.EC went ok today. They got 20 eggs which sounds like a good no in theory but they reckon im borderline OHSS so need to keep an eye and back Mon for a scan which will clarify. If i have they will freeze and ET next month. FC a good number fertilise so we have something to work with either way.

Hopeitsok, great news on the fertilising numbers.. try and find something very exciting to do over the weekend or else you'll be up the wall.. I found this time the hardest time. Can you also pm me the acu details.. I'm in the dunboyne area too ;) I hope it's not something in the water ;)

Best of luck today snowy, enjoy the snooze afterwards.Hope it's great that all 4 fertilised that's a really good sign. Its all about the quality not the quantity. The waiting for the phone call is so hard, but it's good that you've a weekend in between , always seems to go a bit faster. X